Janet S. Belcove-Shalin is Senior Research Associate in the Southwestern Social Science Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

"While there are a few studies of the Hasidim in North America, the range of this book is unmatched in the more recent literature. The essays cover most of the major issues and problems such as the questions of Jewish women in the Hasidim, Jewish culture, politics and social structure, and comparative fundamentalism. It is a substantial contribution of Jewish Studies and anthropology." — Sander L. Gilman, Cornell University"Hasidim in the United States is clearly an important subject. There is increasing interest in the Hasidic community among other Jews, scholars of religion, and residents of large urban areas. This book is an excellent anthology of current research on Hasidic communities in the United States." — Zalman Alpert, Yeshiva University

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordSamuel C. HeilmanIntroduction: New World HasidimJanet S. Belcove-Shalin1. Boundaries and Self-Presentation among the Hasidim: A Study in Identity MaintenanceWilliam Shaffir2. HaBaD & Habban: "770's" Impact on a Yemenite Jewish Community in IsraelLaurence D. Loeb3. The Language of the Heart: Music in Lubavitcher LifeEllen Koskoff4. Varieties of Fundamentalist Experience: Lubavitch Hasidic and Fundamentalist Christian Approaches to Contemporary Family LifeLynn Davidman and Janet Stocks5. Engendering Orthodoxy: Newly Orthodox Women and HasidismDebra R. Kaufman6. Agents or Victims of Religious Ideology?: Approaches to locating Hasidic Women in Feminist StudiesBonnie Morris7. The Economic Revitalization of the Hasidic Community of WilliamsburgGeorge Kranzler8. Home In Exile: Hasidim in the New WorldJanet S.Belcove Shalin9. The Bobover Hasidim Piremshpiyl:From Folk Drama for Purim to a Ritual of Transcending the HolocaustShifra Epstein10. The Charismatic Leader of the Hasidic Community:The Zaddiq, the RebbeSolomon PollContributorsIndex